Method of assembling resilient bearings



Sept. 2, 1952 c. HuTTo N 2,608,751

METHOD OF ASSEMBLING RESILIENT BEARINGS Filed April 9, 1947 Ill/1 I Ill/ll '/J 2 j C cl I ZZZ Cl F/G4 W I 2 P111771}, 0. Harm.

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Patented Sept. 2, 1 952 r 1 x UNITED: *s TATES PATENT oFricE p Y s,751' i METHOD OF ASSEMBLING RESILIENT B A f Philip Charles Hutton, London,'England; assig'nor to SilentblocLimited, London, England, a companyof Great Britain v v Application April 9, 1947,'S'erial No. (L337 In-Great Britain April 15,1946

- '7. Claims. ,(ol. 29;;149.5)"

This invention relates to resilient bearings. of diameter of the base of the-slot or groove being the kind compri'singan inner member in the form approximately equal to that of the outerciroumof a pin or sleeve and an outer memberor socket ference of the radially compressed body part. of, surrounding the inner member with a bushing of the bushing after compressiomthat is: to-say to rubber or like resilient material (hereinafter that ofthe bore of the outer member,

called rubber) interposed and radially. compressed Thus, in making a bearing according -to,,,the between the inner and outer members withcor present invention the inner'member. is convene responding. elongation. iehtly inserted into the bushing after. the circums- .Such bearingsare capable of accommodating a ierential groove or grooves have been made comparatively large degree of pivotal movement 10 therein, and the bushing is thenforced through between the inner and outer members. by intera tapered guideinto and partly through the outer molecular deformation of the rubber while being member in the manner usually adopted-in: the comparatively stiff in the radial direction, and manufacture of bushings of the kind in question. are also capable of withstanding a limited degree In the present case however the bushing is forced of end thrust without permanent distortion or into the outer member only 6 far h he fl n creep of the rubber. The rubber bushing is not on the rear end of the bushing remains just out.- well adapted however .to withstand larger end side the outer member while, if a flange isformed thrusts without creeping and, in order to increase also on the forward end of the bushing, this latter the ability of the bearing as a whole to Withstand flange is forced just through the outer member such end thrusts, it has beenproposed in the specso that it expands on emerging therefrom. Thus ification of British Patent No. 527,780 to provide the standard method of assembly for bearings of separate, additional rubber bushings having outthe kind in question can be employed and yet a wardly directed flanges at the ends of the outer bearing is providedih which the bushing has an member so that the flanges lie between such ends integral flan e at one or each end accord nsto and the inner faces of links or the like-connected the invention. i

to the inner member whereby these flanges assist In use the outer member of a bearing according in transmitting end thrust between the inner and to the present invention will usually. be rigidly outer members. mounted in a socket into which it maybe pressed The object of the presentinvention is toprowith a force fit or which, especially if the bushing vide an improved form of bearing of the type in has flanges at both ends, may be a split socket question which will take additional end thrust in with means for clamping its two parts together at least one direction. v about the outer member of the bearing. To t is end a bearing of the kind referred to When an unsplit socket is provided it will usuaccording to the present invention includes a ally be desirable to provide two bearings'accord-" resilient bushing having a body part radially com ing to the invention disposed respectivelypinits pressed between the-inner and outer membersand two ends each with a single resilient fiangeiat an outwardly extending flange at one or each end its exposed'end so as to provide resilient flanges which is Uncompressed radially and Substantially for resisting end thrust in both directions but u dist rt d y the m r s n 0f t adja nt only a single bearing may be providediwhere the D t 0f e u this fl ng t us be 40 principal end thrust to be taken is in onedirecpted to l e between an end of the outer memtion only while where desired other means may h d a link Mother member secured to the be provided for taking end thrust in the direction inner member for the purpos f taklng end opposite to that in which it is taken by the single thrust as between the outer and inner members. n e. For example a separate'bushing t A f a e may be provid d in this y at 0118 end tuting a flange may be provided at the end of the y at each end of e i e a Stated and bearing remote from that at which the flange the flange or each flange 1s co vement of integral with the radially compressedbody'of the stantially the same external diameter as that:o bushing 1 dispo ed. 1 I t radially compressed body partof the bushing The invention may be carried into practice 3 in when in its free state, that is to say before com 5 Various Ways, but a number of constructions press o f t w l 'b before s according to the invention are" illustrated by way bly conveniently has the same external diameter of exalnple in th accompanying gs, .i throughout its length and'the flangeor each which, .I I flange is formed by a circumferential slot or Figure l is a sectional side elevation of one congroove adjacentto the end of the bushing-the struction of joint according to the'inventionfth section being taken in a plane containing the axis of the joint,

Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of the rubber bushing used in the construction shown in Figure 1 before assembly,

FigureS and Figure 3A are half: sectional side elevations, respectively showing two modifications according to the invention,

Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 1 showing a further modification according to the invention,

Figure 5 is a similar view to Figure 1' of a still gated between the members A and B and a flange C which lies against the outer face of the flange A and is adapted tolie'andbe compressed axially between the'flange A and a plate or the like rigidly'connected to the member 13 as by being clamped to this member bya bolt passing through the member B and the plate in a customary manneras sho'wnin my Patent No. 2,517,791, dated Rug- 8,1950. In the form of the rubber. bushmg Gshown in Fi'gur'e 1 the end: flange C has an annularpart C on its' outer face which lies opposite the flange A and projects axially beyond the enci' of the'memberB. 'This arrangement to insure that the flange C will be axially compressed in. the manner referred to above, the correct degree and also that such axial compression shall be restricted approximately to the flange C itself without imposing any corres-pending axial-forceon the-rest oi the bushin? C.

= A's'fwil'l" be seen from Figure 2 the part C of the bushing" which after assembly lies between the members A and B which may be termed the body-section'todistinguish it from the flange C hasgbefore assembly; a radial thickness considerably greater than that of the space between members-"A and B, so that, as mentioned, this body section of the bushing is radially compressed andaxially elongated on assembly. Thus, the outside diameter of the body section C is greater'than the insidediameter of the member A, while'the inside diameter of the body section C 'isrless than the outside diameter of the meminserting the" bushing C and the inner memberB successively into the outer member A from the left-hand end, leaving the flange C outsid'e the member A.

berr=B before assembly. The dimensions of the flange C however, before assembly are approximatelythesame-as after assembly. Formed 'at -the point inthe bushing where the body sectionC meets the flange C is a circumferential groove C havingya depthsuch that the diameter of: itsbase is approximately equal to the inside diameter of the member A. This insures that afterassemblynot only does the flange C tend not to be'distorted by the compression of the adjacent portion of the body section C but that there is-no highdegree of tension created in the rubber at the point C in Figure 1 due to this compression.

-I-n- -the modifications shown in Figure 3 the construction and arrangement issimilar to that shown-in-Figure 1 except that instead of the v flange C with its annular projection C the end-face of the'flange isinclined as shown at (ii -so astoe ,frusw o qat. .s ar yt. in t Figure 4--showshow two bearing assemblies constructed asshown in Figure 1 may be used together where end thrust in both directions is to be resisted. Thus, in this construction the members "A of the two bearing assemblies are forced from opposite ends into a bore in a member-Dgforexample, the eye of a Spring, so that thetwo flanges C lie at: opposite sides of the member]? and are thus available to resist end thrust between the member D and side plates or'thelike to which the members B are secured by :a bolt passing through them as shown in Figureb of my "Patent No. 2,517,791.

Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a modification in which the rubber bushing has a flange' ateach end; In the construction illustrated in Figure 5 the bearing comprises an outer member or socket E havingend' flanges E an inner member or sleeve'F'anda bushing of rubber the centre portion or body section G of which is radially compressed-and axi'a'lly-elongated between the members E and" F" while its ends constitute flanges G each having "a projection 6- corresponding to the; projection C in Figures 1 and 2.

"shown in Fi'gure o the body section G of the bushing before assembly has considerably greater radial thickness-than after as'seinblyand circumf-erential. grooves G are'formed ateach end of the body section-G where it meets the flanges G the'base of-each groove having approximately the same'diameter as the inner diameter of themember E.

The bearin'g shown in Figure 5 is conveniently assembled by first forcing the bushing into the outermemberE tothe point where the flange G on the rear end of the bushing engages the face of on'e' o'i the flanges E The inner member F is then forced from the same end into the bushing Gprece'ded' by a tapered lead'ermember in known-manner so as to compress the body section of the bushing radially andelongate it-a'xiallygthe dimensions of the body section of the bushing. and the degree of'r-adial compression and axial elongation being so determined that at thec co'nclusion-of this operation the flange G err-the front end' of the bushing will emerge from the' member E a nd li'e against the outer face of the other-flange E The function of' each of the groovesG in this construction is the same as the function-of-the groove '0 described above withrererence to Fig-ures; 1 and 2.

Normally, in -use the member E of theconstruction shown in Figure 5 will be rigidly clamped within a two-part housing as indicated at -H since the flanges E will not permit its being forced into a one-piecehousing.

-'In themodificationi shown-in Figure 7- the construction is similar to that shown in Figure'fi except thatinsteadof the flanged outer member E, E anunflanged outer member E is employed having-in itself suflicient radial thickness to pro:-

5 vide end faces of adequate area against which the flanges G lie. It will be seen that such an outer member can be passed into a bore in a onepiece housing H Preferably the dimensions of the parts are such as to leave annular areas E of the end faces of the member E exposed to provide a seating for an annular ram by which the member E can be passed into the housing H These areas may be wholly or partially covered when the side plates are clamped to the member F by the increase in the radial dimensions of the flanges G caused by their axial com pression between such side plates and the end faces of the member E What I claim as my invention and secure b Letters Patent is:

1. A method of assembling a resilient bearing of the type described comprising a, rubber bushing compressed radially between inner and outer generally cylindrical tubular bearing members in which the rubber bushing as formed has a body section and a flange section partially separated from the body section by a circumferential groove adjacent an end thereof affording a reduced area connecting said body and flange sections, said method comprising axially forcing and compressing the body section into the outer bearing member with the flange section at the rear to compress and stretch the peripheral portion thereof bounded by said groove until said bushing engages therein for the full length of said body section and said flange section contacts the adjacent end of said outer bearing member, and forcdesire to ing the inner bearing member in the same axial direction into said bushing to expand and elongate said body section only and eliminate said I thereof in the area connecting said flange section and body section. v

2. A method of assembling a resilient bearing of the type described comprising a rubber bushing compressed radially between inner and outer 45 generally cylindrical tubular bearing members in which the rubber bushing as formed has a body section and two flange sections each partially separated from the body section by a circumferential groove adjacent each end thereof affording a reduced area connecting each flange section with said body section, said method comprising axially forcing the body section and flange section at its front end into the outer bearing member to compress and stretch the peripheral portions of said body and flange sections bounded by said grooves until said'bushing engages therein for the full length of said body section and the flange section at its rear end contacts the adjacentend of said outer bearingmember, and forcing the inner bearing member in the same axial direction into said bushing to expand and elongate said body section and forcesaid front flange section through said outer member until it emerges therefrom and expands against the adjecent end of said outer member, thereby eliminating said grooves and causing said bushing to grip said outer and inner bearing members securely and prevent slippage of said bushing with respect to said tubular bearing members without stressing said bushing in the areas connecting said flange sections and body section.

PHILIP CHARLES HUTTON.

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